School fundraising grows up with mobile wallets, daily deals — Tech News and Analysis

School fundraising grows up with mobile wallets, daily deals — Tech News and Analysis: With the growth of crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo, services like Fundly, Razoo and Dibbee have made it easier for schools (and other nonprofits) to solicit donations from their communities online. But other startups are pitching schools with even more interesting fundraising models that take a page from the books of consumer e-commerce companies.

Automattic takes on Storify with WordPress Media Explorer for curating tweets and YouTube videos - The Next Web

Automattic takes on Storify with WordPress Media Explorer for curating tweets and YouTube videos - The Next Web: Automattic has released a Media Explorer tool for the WordPress blogging platform that lets authors curate trending content from Twitter and YouTube all without needing to leave their post. The feature is available today for WordPress.com and WordPress.com VIP users.

Non-Profits Use Vine for Good

Non-Profits Use Vine for Good: With user attention spans shrinking, a new app from Twitter hopes to capture viewers attention in the blink of an eye. Vine prompts users to record and share six-second videos that loop over and over much like a gif. Most of these addicting little videos have a funny bent, but businesses have caught on to the trend. Retailer Urban Outfitters recently hosted a Vine contest in which it asked users to document a day in the life of their sneakers. Home Improvement chain Lowes is one of the leading brands on Vine with its #Lowesfixinsix series. Non-profits may not have expansive budgets, satellite hughesnet Internet or the latest camera equipment, but Vine levels the playing field.

Vine should interest non-profits because it is an inexpensive, effective way to spread a cause. Learn from proven businesses to create viral Vines.

Charity website to increase visibility of small causes - Daily News Egypt

Charity website to increase visibility of small causes - Daily News Egypt: Although there is a constant need for charitable giving, many small organisations struggle to get sufficient funds for their causes. A new website, Fa3elKheirEgypt.com, aims to solve this problem and increase the visibility of small charities to a wider audience.

LinkedIn Changes Could Impact Nonprofit Groups - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

LinkedIn Changes Could Impact Nonprofit Groups - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly:LinkedIn has implemented some new changes into their social network, which may affect how nonprofits use the website, and specifically how groups will function. The new design will focus on user engagement, encouraging individuals to participate in posts and discussion in order for content to get noticed. These changes also aim to reduce the amount of spam and promotional content that appears in groups, a problem which has increased in the past few years.

Nonprofit Tech for Good has highlighted five changes that may have an impact on how nonprofits use LinkedIn. Here is a list of the new changes to look out for:

allAfrica.com: Tanzania: Charitable Giving - Where Are Tanzania's Affluent? (Page 1 of 4)

allAfrica.com: Tanzania: Charitable Giving - Where Are Tanzania's Affluent? (Page 1 of 4): IN December 2009, Luca Neghesti, a serial entrepreneur in Media, ICT and Logistics industries in Tanzania spearheaded a relief aid campaign for thousands of victims of the Dar es Salaam floods through the use of social media platforms.

Free Tools to Test Your Nonprofit's Website for Accessibility | NTEN

Free Tools to Test Your Nonprofit's Website for Accessibility | NTEN: "People generally associate the topic of web accessibility with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), but I like to think of web accessibility as the practice of making websites with content, features and functionality that people of all abilities can access and use."

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How to Grow Your Fundraising With Video Marketing In Five Simple Steps - Resource Center - AFP

How to Grow Your Fundraising With Video Marketing In Five Simple Steps - Resource Center - AFP: Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock for the last five years or so, you'll have undoubtedly noticed the infectious growth in online video. The reasons behind this explosion in online video are numerous, but it basically boils down to two big things: video drives 1. traffic and 2. conversions.

Video content is almost 17 times more likely to find itself on the first page of search results compared to a page without video. And once a visitor has arrived at your website they’re much more likely to stick around and take in your message in the form of video than with any other type of content.

Non-profits should not forget online platforms when reaching out to potential donors | Business | Kentucky.com

Non-profits should not forget online platforms when reaching out to potential donors | Business | Kentucky.com: Online is an important channel for nonprofits to include in their fundraising practices, and the options for online fundraising include much more than just a donate button on the organization's website.

Online fundraising should involve a coordinated, multi-faceted approach using tools such as email, website, video, social media, mobile, and SEO to solicit donations. They all need to work together.

Video: What Young Donors Want From Mobile Devices - Online Fundraising - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Video: What Young Donors Want From Mobile Devices - Online Fundraising - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Three-quarters of young donors in a recent survey said their biggest frustration with charity Web sites was that many are not designed to be used with a smartphone or tablet.

Tthe video interviews of donors produced as part of that survey—an annual report by Achieve, a fundraising consulting firm—support those findings.

Disaster-relief vending machines on the rise - The Japan News

Disaster-relief vending machines on the rise - The Japan News: When the Great East Japan Earthquake hit on March 11, 2011, Coca-Cola Japan Co. took advantage of the remote control functions on about 400 disaster-relief vending machines, equipped with batteries for backup, in the Tokyo metropolitan area and other locations.

The Tokyo-headquartered company offered more than 88,000 of its beverages for free to people who had difficulty returning home in the aftermath of the disaster.

The company said it later received words of gratitude such as, “It was nice to get a hot drink for free in such a cold situation.”

How to harness the power of social media - Telegraph

How to harness the power of social media - Telegraph: But there are a few hard-and-fast rules that business owners should adhere to if they want to avoid going from social hero to hapless zero.
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University fundraising service to enter digital realm - The Pitt News: News

University fundraising service to enter digital realm - The Pitt News: News: TeleFund, Pitt’s telephone fundraising service, suspended its calling operation for a few weeks to take time to consider new ways to communicate with Pitt alumni.

“The way the world communicates is changing,” said Albert Novak, a vice chancellor in the Office of Institutional Advancement, which oversees TeleFund’s operations.